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Speedcubing Guides

Practical, no-fluff guides to getting faster: technique, algorithms, training systems, and the tools that make them stick. Written by the team behind CuberPal, the AI speedcubing coach for iOS.

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How an AI Speedcubing Coach Can Improve Your 3x3 Practice

Learn what an AI speedcubing coach can help with: identify weak phases, build focused drills, and turn your 3x3 solves into an actionable practice plan.

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How to Use a Rubik's Cube Algorithm Trainer Without Forgetting Cases

Use a Rubik's Cube algorithm trainer to learn OLL, PLL, COLL, and ZBLL with recognition practice, reliable execution, and spaced repetition instead of cramming.

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How to Analyze a Rubik's Cube Solve and Find Your Next Drill

Learn how to analyze a Rubik's Cube solve by phase, pauses, rotations, and recognition so each practice session targets the reason your 3x3 average is stuck.

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The Best Cube Timer App for iOS and Android

Choose a cube timer app by comparing WCA-style inspection, ao5/ao12/ao100, multi-event support, offline timing, and coaching features.

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The 7 Best Rubik's Cube Apps for Beginners in 2026

Seven beginner-friendly Rubik's Cube apps and free resources compared: lessons, step-by-step solvers, and timers, with who each one suits best.

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CFOP vs Roux: Which Speedcubing Method Is Faster?

Is Roux faster than CFOP? A side-by-side comparison of move count, algorithms, learning curve, and one-handed solving, with a clear recommendation.

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How to Plan the Cross During Inspection

Learn how to use 15-second inspection to plan the full cross: choose a color, track four edges, solve in 8 moves or fewer, and start F2L without a pause.

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How to Improve F2L Lookahead

Learn F2L lookahead with slow solves, targeted drills, and AI pause detection so you can find the next pair while finishing the current one.

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How to Get Faster at Cubing

Stuck at the same Rubik's Cube times? Learn exactly how to get faster at cubing: find where you lose time, fix F2L pauses, and train with AI solve analysis.

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How to Get Sub-20 on the 3x3

A phase-by-phase sub-20 plan built around Cross inspection, F2L pause diagnosis, dependable last-layer cases, and measured practice.

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How to Learn F2L: A Beginner's Tutorial

A beginner F2L tutorial: the goal of F2L, the two basic inserts, how to handle stuck pieces, and a two-week practice plan before adding algorithms.

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How to Memorize Rubik's Cube Algorithms

Use chunking, visual recognition, fingertricks, and spaced repetition to memorize Rubik's Cube algorithms and retain them for real solves.

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How to Learn the CFOP Method

A practical CFOP roadmap from a reliable beginner solve to Cross, intuitive F2L, two-look last layer, full PLL, and full OLL.

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How to Learn Full PLL

Full PLL is the highest-value algorithm set in cubing — 21 algorithms used in every solve. Learn them in the right order and keep them with spaced repetition.

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How to Learn OLL (Without Drowning in 57 Cases)

OLL has 57 cases, but you only need 10 to start. Learn 2-look OLL first, then finish full OLL in groups — with 3D previews and spaced repetition drills.

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How to Learn ZBLL (And Whether You Should)

ZBLL solves the entire last layer in one algorithm — 493 cases. Who should learn it, which sets to start with, and how spaced repetition makes it possible.

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Rubik's Cube Solver: Scan Any Scramble, Solve It Step by Step

Scan a scrambled cube with your phone camera and follow a step-by-step solution. Learn how camera cube solvers work and move from solved to solving.

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WCA Inspection Rules Explained

Learn the WCA inspection rules for speedcubing: 15 seconds, +2 penalties, DNFs, when timing starts, and how to practice inspection at home.

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What Do Ao5, Ao12, and Ao100 Mean in Cubing?

Learn what ao5, ao12, and ao100 mean in speedcubing, how trimmed averages work, why averages matter, and how to track yours accurately.

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